4/13/2023 0 Comments Universal geneve serial numbersThe Helvetia serial numbers assigned to the OH marked watches run for a span of about 7000, apart from the earlier type DH watches which are outliers and have serial numbers about 30,000 (approx. About half of these also have German Army DH markings in addition to the US Army ones, most with the last variation of DH marking but some with the second to last variation. I have recorded details of around 40 Helvetia OH marked watches. There are two main questions around these watches, were they issued or were they perhaps sold via the PX or similar? And do they date from the end of the war or are they post war? These questions arise because the ‘OH’ designation does not appear in the 1945 edition of the ‘United States War Department Technical Manual TM9-1575’ this only having designations up to ‘OG’.
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